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independent media will save us. the media are the most powerful institutions on earth, more powerful than any bomb, more powerful than any missile. it is an idea that explodes onto the scene. but it does not happen when it is contained by that box, the tv screen we all days at for so many hours a week. so many people are weak. we need to hear people speaking for themselves outside of the box. we cannot afford the status quo anymore. from global warming to global warming. >> author and host amy goodman aching your calls and tweets -- taking your calls and tweets on book tv on c-span 2. treasury official airing .- aaron klein >> ok, we are going to get started.good afternoon. it is a privilege for us, in cooperation, to host this series. i am the director for the center of policy. it is really a privilege to host this series, and i am glad that all of you are here to hear our featured guest today. i do not know where michelle is. she is involved in the logistics of this event. ok, she is not here. but i wanted to give
independent media will save us. the media are the most powerful institutions on earth, more powerful than any bomb, more powerful than any missile. it is an idea that explodes onto the scene. but it does not happen when it is contained by that box, the tv screen we all days at for so many hours a week. so many people are weak. we need to hear people speaking for themselves outside of the box. we cannot afford the status quo anymore. from global warming to global warming. >> author and...
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i also use it -- a lot of people use it to send out a link to other things. at i think it is very useful for that to have , you know,list of what is the most substantial, where you can click on and go to the most substantial thing. thoseu can comment on longer pieces or what ever it is. >> i think that is right. , everyry information information tool has a certain advantage or certain this .dvantage obviously, the newspaper, for example, any newspaper can get into a story on a deeper level than a minute and a half story but what younews, say is correct though. twitter is great for breaking news. it is great for getting eyewitness accounts for people in different places. forit is not a substitute those of you who are going to give greater background to a situation. obviously, you want to have all in iran or on the streets of the time,n tunisia at just to give you a sense of what is happening at that moment, but you are going to need people who are really going to put all of that into a bigger picture for the second day story, for the week after, for the month
i also use it -- a lot of people use it to send out a link to other things. at i think it is very useful for that to have , you know,list of what is the most substantial, where you can click on and go to the most substantial thing. thoseu can comment on longer pieces or what ever it is. >> i think that is right. , everyry information information tool has a certain advantage or certain this .dvantage obviously, the newspaper, for example, any newspaper can get into a story on a deeper...
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guns for recreational use. that's why i was pleased to appoint time thompson to the head of our task force. he's a vietnam war vet, wounded vietnam war investment person who used assault weapons in combat and knows they should be banned. but nonetheless, was that a place where all of congress can come to agreement? i don't know. but he certainly is a gun owner and hunter and brings that perspective to the table to lead our efforts to find common ground. we will see what the impact is. i don't want to predict it will be successful because i hope and pray it is not and as you have heard me say over and over, president lincoln said, public sentiment is everything and it's the public, including members of the n.r.a., understand that more needs to be done. i think we will be successful. one more? yes. >> part of today's briefing with nancy pelosi. here's a look at the primetime schedules on the c-span network. starting 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, treasury secretary jack lew testifies on the president's 2014 request
guns for recreational use. that's why i was pleased to appoint time thompson to the head of our task force. he's a vietnam war vet, wounded vietnam war investment person who used assault weapons in combat and knows they should be banned. but nonetheless, was that a place where all of congress can come to agreement? i don't know. but he certainly is a gun owner and hunter and brings that perspective to the table to lead our efforts to find common ground. we will see what the impact is. i don't...
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once we started moving forces, nothing stopped us or slowed us. the only adapttation we thought about making was for a period of time we making was for a thougho be entering a hostage rescue because we didn't know where the ambassador was. once we started forces moving, they didn't slow, they didn't stop. >> and you didn't know the situation with regard to the ambassador until hours later when, in fact, some libyans had come into that facility and tried to rescue him and found him at that point unresponsive from smoke inhalation? >> that's right. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator, nelson. we are going to take a 10-minute recess. >> 3 1/2 hours from secretary panetta and general dempsey before the senate armed services committee. the committee is taking a 10-minute break and come back and wrap up. there are a number of senators including lindsay graham asking for a second round of question. a program advisory, we will continue to cover this hearing live and follow it on c-span.org . here in c-span at 2:30, we will go live to the sen
once we started moving forces, nothing stopped us or slowed us. the only adapttation we thought about making was for a period of time we making was for a thougho be entering a hostage rescue because we didn't know where the ambassador was. once we started forces moving, they didn't slow, they didn't stop. >> and you didn't know the situation with regard to the ambassador until hours later when, in fact, some libyans had come into that facility and tried to rescue him and found him at that...
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they tried to convince us it was a video. and since that time then, the argument was made that there was no military relief that could have come into benghazi because it was logistically not possible. that i would say is questionable at best. piece after piece needs to come out into the public, mr. speaker, and i'm a strong advocate for frank wolf's proposal that we set up that committee to examine all of this and produce a report for the american people. that's simply triggered by my questions when i listened to the gentleman from pennsylvania. i would expect you would ask to yield if any of that was inaccurate. seeing not, the gentlelady from north carolina come to the floor for any reason? i would be happy to yield if that's the case. it would be my honor and privilege to could so. i would be happy to yield to the entlelady from north carolina. ms. foxx: i thank my colleague for yielding. i thank the speaker for recognition. mr. speaker, i rise to honor the life of marine corps veteran lance corporal mason vanderwork of hi
they tried to convince us it was a video. and since that time then, the argument was made that there was no military relief that could have come into benghazi because it was logistically not possible. that i would say is questionable at best. piece after piece needs to come out into the public, mr. speaker, and i'm a strong advocate for frank wolf's proposal that we set up that committee to examine all of this and produce a report for the american people. that's simply triggered by my questions...
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let us reject this bill. let us reject a partisan bill. let us speak out for the farm community of america and, yes, those who need nutritional help, and let us speak for job growth in rural america which the bill that the chairman reported out would have helped. this bill ought to be rejected, and we ought to do our duty and our responsibility in a responsible and effective democratic, bipartisan, cooperative way and i yield back the balance of my time and i congratulate the chairman for what he would want to do. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. lucas: mr. speaker, i recognize the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, one of my prime subcommittee chairmen, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. king: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the chairman for recognizing me and for the work that he's done to pull together this bill over these last two years. there's much that i'm hearing on this floor so far in this debate that i do no
let us reject this bill. let us reject a partisan bill. let us speak out for the farm community of america and, yes, those who need nutritional help, and let us speak for job growth in rural america which the bill that the chairman reported out would have helped. this bill ought to be rejected, and we ought to do our duty and our responsibility in a responsible and effective democratic, bipartisan, cooperative way and i yield back the balance of my time and i congratulate the chairman for what...
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you meant us to be. this is and always has been the heart of our nation. may you bless this congress with the wisdom, prudence, and understanding needed for generating the laws, ideals, and creativity to fulfill your heart felt desires for us, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approve thsmed echair will lead us in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to section 4d of house resolution 5, 113th congress, section 1k2 of house resolution 895, 110th congress, i transmit to you notification that porter j. goss, david scags, yvonne burke, jay egan, karen english, ali
you meant us to be. this is and always has been the heart of our nation. may you bless this congress with the wisdom, prudence, and understanding needed for generating the laws, ideals, and creativity to fulfill your heart felt desires for us, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approve thsmed echair will lead us in the pledge of...
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even those who are attacking us o -- who are egging us on. they will not be in there with us. t is a bad choice. i don't think the president wants to do it. think he wants to avoid it. i'm sympathetic to his position but i wish some of our rhetoric was more careful because that could then be applicable in use by those who favor war as the to the meeting such a decision. -- who favor was as to egitimizing such a ecision. >> from the 1970's onward, the decision to invade kuwait then the u.n. sanctions that follow that in the effect it had on iraqi society made it all the more difficult for that society to move toward stability in the wake of the saddam hussein regime. i would blame al qaeda and iraq nd those who used masss murder as a principal tactic in the war. i would ask dr. zbigniew brzezinski to visit the cities in iraq that were rocked by these murderous attacks and ask them who they blame. hey blame the people who committed those murders. in 2005 when we went to a city where life was choked out of it because of a systematic attack by al qaeda, they turned that city into
even those who are attacking us o -- who are egging us on. they will not be in there with us. t is a bad choice. i don't think the president wants to do it. think he wants to avoid it. i'm sympathetic to his position but i wish some of our rhetoric was more careful because that could then be applicable in use by those who favor war as the to the meeting such a decision. -- who favor was as to egitimizing such a ecision. >> from the 1970's onward, the decision to invade kuwait then the...
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us and that they would support us. but i guess those were only words because last night we learned the truth. that thanks to their actions, there's no additional federal assistance to help hardworking people rebuild and restart their lives. now, i'm not a cynic but i do wonder what if we told republicans that a few millionaires and billionaires' lives were destroyed by this storm, whether they'd want to help all the families hurting because of sandy. and i wonder what if republicans were promised that by providing aid to families in need that in turn they would get a tax break. would these incentives have changed their mind? would it have been -- would it have prompted action? because it truly does appear their only priority is helping those that have the most. republicans in congress brought this house to a new low last night. the banner on the speaker's chair says, in god we trust. god alone cannot help these families rebuild but unfortunately the american people cannot trust the republican congress to help either. t
us and that they would support us. but i guess those were only words because last night we learned the truth. that thanks to their actions, there's no additional federal assistance to help hardworking people rebuild and restart their lives. now, i'm not a cynic but i do wonder what if we told republicans that a few millionaires and billionaires' lives were destroyed by this storm, whether they'd want to help all the families hurting because of sandy. and i wonder what if republicans were...
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use? the prior instances that we ,ssessed with high confidence it is because of the overwhelming scope of this use, the amount of chemical weapons of thehe threat consequences when it comes to casualties that it is the president's view and the view of many others that this must be responded to. assad has to be held accountable. if you think other members of the international community in terms as being up our assistance to the. opposition, this case is far more egregious that anybody who has seen those videos can have them. -- fathom. -- took action on a much smaller scale to those other actions. >> you do not include would've been able to prevent this? >> we took appropriate action ionalin seeking congress ruble -- approval for action then. transferring syrian chemical weapons to save sites for them to be stored and destroyed. are responding to the is -- werehey were discussing the issue of the syrian weapons chemical -- chemical weapons stockpiles. the use of chemical weapons on civilian
use? the prior instances that we ,ssessed with high confidence it is because of the overwhelming scope of this use, the amount of chemical weapons of thehe threat consequences when it comes to casualties that it is the president's view and the view of many others that this must be responded to. assad has to be held accountable. if you think other members of the international community in terms as being up our assistance to the. opposition, this case is far more egregious that anybody who has...
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let us a ge is a u.s. company, but let us talk about the european or asian companies that may be interested in investing on this side of the world. what will the u.s. due to distinguish itself? >> investment certainty. we need some how not to have all of the focus on sequestration, debt limits. that is distracting to investors. the systems of competitiveness. education, regulation. tax reform. those things that say we want people to invest in the u.s. our f.d.i in the country has trailed a lot of other places in the world. some of it is education training. there are systems of competitiveness. we know what they are. it is trying to get more of a window on that. it also helps -- the president of the united states says i want people to invest in the united states. i want to create a manufacturing. that is helpful. >> let me ask you about the policy debate. there is no need to be usually excuses -- exclusion. on the democratic side, you have an emphasis on all of government. obama t as a senate for manufactur
let us a ge is a u.s. company, but let us talk about the european or asian companies that may be interested in investing on this side of the world. what will the u.s. due to distinguish itself? >> investment certainty. we need some how not to have all of the focus on sequestration, debt limits. that is distracting to investors. the systems of competitiveness. education, regulation. tax reform. those things that say we want people to invest in the u.s. our f.d.i in the country has trailed...
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here to tell us more is a reporter. thank you for talking with us. how unusual is it that the president's pick for defense secretary blocked at this stage of the game? guest: extraordinarily unusual. the senate make history in doing so. the most bizarre thing, the thing that is probably most frustrating to people watching is that former senator hagel is a former republican senator, and the reason why it was 58 votes is because harry reid switched his vote to no soap the senate can bring it back up again. you have a lot of republican senators who were saying last week that they did not want to see it go up in filibuster. at least it would be an up-down of the to be approved. there was no precedent to filibuster a choice like this. and the republicans decided they wanted to use this vote as a way to extract more information from the white house on issues like the terrorist attack in benghazi in september, and so they are committed to passing a goal when they come back. the way you are looking at it, it is a tedious exercise in delaying the inevitable.
here to tell us more is a reporter. thank you for talking with us. how unusual is it that the president's pick for defense secretary blocked at this stage of the game? guest: extraordinarily unusual. the senate make history in doing so. the most bizarre thing, the thing that is probably most frustrating to people watching is that former senator hagel is a former republican senator, and the reason why it was 58 votes is because harry reid switched his vote to no soap the senate can bring it back...
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alive and keeps us healthy and keeps us safe. the most important issue patient safety. hospitals are now wor add -- worried about productivity because they're not making enough money. they need more patients. so they're pushing patients on us trying to hurry up to do what we need to do to get them better so we can push them back out the door. but it's costing the patient -- it could cost the patient their life. patients are admitted, they're discharged before they should be so they're being readmitted which now insurance companies are saying if you are readmitted within 30 days then they're not going to pay for it. it's not covered. i'm a big patient advocate and i went to school to take care of my patients. to the best of my ability. anded health care is so bad with productivity it's all about numbers it's not about the patient. how can we get that one-on-one care and make you and your loved one feel special if everything is being taken away from us? we don't have the right drugs to cover the sick patients, to help the sick pati
alive and keeps us healthy and keeps us safe. the most important issue patient safety. hospitals are now wor add -- worried about productivity because they're not making enough money. they need more patients. so they're pushing patients on us trying to hurry up to do what we need to do to get them better so we can push them back out the door. but it's costing the patient -- it could cost the patient their life. patients are admitted, they're discharged before they should be so they're being...